title: Reply to letter: "identifying important predictors for anastomotic leak after colon and rectal resection: prospective study on 616 patients".
authors.affiliation: Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY kivanova@med.cornell.edu Department of Biostatistics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Section of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Koianka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trencheva
authors.forename: Kevin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Mancuso
authors.forename: Sang W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Toyooki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonoda
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michelassi
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Charlson
authors.forename: Jeffrey W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Milsom
mesh_terms: D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000209:etiology*; D003082:Colectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012007:Rectum / Q000601:surgery*